ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147840
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| Date: | Friday 21 August 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 15 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | T2557 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Above Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire |
A World War II mid-air crash over Oxfordshire is to be remembered at a 70th anniversary service later. Eight aircrew died when a Wellington T2557 bomber and an Airspeed Oxford T1339 trainer collided above Chipping Norton early on 21 August 1942. The bomber crashed in flames on to a house in the town – miraculously, no-one on the ground was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Noel Francis BOXWELL (553845) WOp RAF - killed
Sgt Frank GILLARD (1107618) AG RAFVR - killed
Sgt Malcolm Stevenson HAYNES (1263649) WOp RAFVR - killed
P/O Alan Macdonald HENDERSON (116744) Pilot RAFVR - killed
Sgt Patrick O'BRIEN (1117104) Obs. RAFVR - killed
P/O Albert Wyndham STILWELL (115530) Pilot RAFVR - killed
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20131020135216/
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/wwii-mid-air-collision-above-chipping-norton-remembered.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2012 07:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Jan-2021 17:42 | HB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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